Full Description
This book provides a range of insights into pupils' learning relevant to the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in primary science. The contributors, who are all experts in their field, draw on practical and theoretical perspectives and:
Provide specific examples of software and hardware use in the classroom
Consider innovative and creative uses of technology for pupils engaged in science activity in the primary and early years
Indicate future possibilities for the use of computer-based technologies
Key themes running through the book include: setting the use of ICT in primary science within theoretical perspectives on learning and on pedagogy; the importance of using ICT in developing talking and listening opportunities in the science classroom; and the potential of learning through ICT enhanced science investigations. Contemporary issues such as inclusion, creativity and collaborative learning are also examined, making Teaching and Learning Primary Science with ICT essential reading for students in science education, and for teachers who want to use new technology to improve learning in their science classrooms.
Contents
1. Considering the place of ICT in developing good practice in primary science
Paul Warwick, Elaine Wilson and Mark Winterbottom 2. The impact of ICT on Primary Science
Collette Murphy
3. Possibilities and Practicalities: planning, teaching, and learning science with ICT
John Williamson and Nick Easingwood
4. Making science inclusive: extending the boundaries through ICT
Derek Bell and Adrian Fenton
5. Elephants can't jump: creativity, new technology and concept exploration in primary science
Ben Williamson
6. Do Computer Cats Ever Really Die? Computers, Modelling and Authentic Science
Patrick Carmichael
7.'Is there a picture of beyond?' Mind mapping, ICT and collaborative learning in primary science
Paul Warwick and Ruth Kershner
8. Emergent Science and ICT in the early years
John Siraj-Blatchford
9. Using ICT to support science learning out of the classroomNick Easingwood and John Williams
10. Virtual Learning in Primary Science
Helena Gillespie
11. ICT and Primary Science - where are we going?
Angela McFarlane
